2023 Conference Winners

​ Top Academic:	Leslie Palmer, Beta Sigma Omega Lambda, Region 6
​ Top Gun:	Richard Gillespie, Gamma Epsilon Delta, Region 3
Outstanding Region:	Region 6
​ Spirit Award:	Sigma Pi, Region 1
Sweepstakes Award:	Gamma Epsilon Delta, Region 3

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LAE KNOWLEDGE 

lower Division:

upper Division:

1st Place	Wilson Harrow	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​​2nd Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	​ Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Juliana Sloan	​​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

1st Place	Jacob Siebanoller	​​ Region 2	Delta Chi
​2nd Place	Joshua Terrell	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​3rd Place	Samantha Gaus-Schmidt	Region 2	Delta Chi

​Professional Division:

​​1st Place	Leslie Palmer	Region 6	​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​​2nd Place	John Wilt	Region 4	Alpha Upsilon Lambda
3rd Place	Roger Pennel	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

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 JUVENILE JUSTICE 

​ Lower Division:

​ Upper Division:

​​1st Place	Matthias Pearce	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​​2nd Place	Alexis White	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
​​3rd Place	Grace Thiele	Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​​1st Place	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​2nd Place	Danielle Erwin	​​Region 4	​​ Psi Omega
​3rd Place	Jacob Siebanoller	​Region 2	Delta Chi

​Professional Division:

​1st Place	​​Leslie Palmer	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place	Danny Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place	Ed Hemmelman	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

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 POLICE MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS 

Lower Division:

​Upper Division:

1st Place	Olivia Hall	​Region 4	Psi Omega
​2nd Place ​	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place ​	Matthias Pearce	​​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

​1st Place ​	Jacob McBee	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place ​	April Wayne	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​3rd Place ​	Jacob Siebanoller	Region 2	Delta Chi

​Professional Division:

​​1st Place	Leslie Palmer	Region 6	​​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
​2nd Place ​	Danny Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place ​	Morgan Steele	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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 CORRECTIONS 

Lower Division: 

​Upper Division: 

​1st Place ​	Cassidy Edsall	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
​2nd Place ​	Ana Alonso	​Region 1	Sigma Pi
​3rd Place	Evan Trego	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

​1st Place ​	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​2nd Place ​	Danielle Erwin	​​ Region 4	Psi Omega
​3rd Place ​	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon

​Professional Division:

1st Place ​	Danny Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place ​	Leslie Palmer	Region 6	​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon

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 CRIMINAL LAW 

​Lower Division:

​Upper Division:

1st Place ​	Matthew Stalter	​Region 4	Psi Omega
​2nd Place ​	Grace Thiele	Region 6	​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
3rd Place ​	Dylan Maier	​Region 4	​​Sigma Tau Omicron

1st Place ​	Samantha Mears	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
2nd Place ​	Taigan Rogers	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	Zoe Buffington	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

​Professional Division:

​1st Place ​	Leslie Palmer	Region 6	​Beta Sigma Omega Lambda
2nd Place ​	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
3rd Place ​	Ed Hemmelman	Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

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Homeland & national security

lower division:

upper division:

1st Place	Ethan Elicker	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
2nd Place	Evan Trego	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
3rd Place	Jack Jennings	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

1st Place	Danielle Erwin	Region 4	Psi Omega
2nd Place	Danny Nguyen	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
3rd Place	Tyler Fagan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

professional division:

1st Place	Troy Cochran	Region 2	Delta Kappa Epsilon
2nd Place	Greg Etter	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place	Morgan Steele	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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Criminology

lower division:

upper division:

1st Place	Dylan Maier	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
2nd Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Matthias Pearce	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

1st Place	Madalyn Finstein	Region 5	Alpha Omega Rho
2nd Place	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
3rd Place	Danielle Erwin	Region 4	Psi Omega

professional division:

1st Place	Megan Clancey	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
2nd Place	Ziwei Qi	Region 3​	​Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Chris Przemieniecki	​Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

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Academic research poster

lower division:

1st Place	Storm Flores	Region 3	​​Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	​Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Aspen Hockley	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

upper division:

1st Place	Alpha Omega Rho	Region 5	Alpha Omega Rho
2nd Place	Skylar Sublette	Region 5	Zeta Epsilon Nu
3rd Place	John Clayton	Region 3	​​Delta Tau Omega

graduate division:

1st Place	Wendy Pena Gonzàlez	Region 4	Member-at-Large
2nd Place	Juan Colegio	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Joshua Terrell	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

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 FIREARMS (Individual) 

Lower Division:

​Upper Division:

​1st Place	Azeem Akram	​ Region 3	​ ​ Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Samantha Deskiewicz	Region 4	​​ Sigma Tau Omicron
​3rd Place	Caleb Purvis	​ Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

1st Place ​	Taigan Rogers	Region 3	​Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Joshua Terrell	​​ Region 3	​Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	​Mason Peak	​ Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​Professional Division:

​1st Place	Richard Gillespie	​ Region 3	​​Gamma Epsilon Delta
​2nd Place	Stu Hamblen	Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron
3rd Place ​	Ed Hemmelman	​Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda

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FIREARMS (Team) 

​ Lower Division:

1st Place ​	Matthew Nenninger Azeem Akram ​Wilson Harrow	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place ​	Storm Flores Caleb Purvis ​Karen Thew	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place ​	Samantha Deskiewicz Maureen Farrell Emily Scott	​Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

​Upper Division:

1st Place ​	Taigan Rogers Jacob McBee ​Joshua Terrell	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place ​	Lauren Gruber Tyler Fagan ​Evan Adams	Region 3	​​Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd Place ​	Madelyn Underwood John Clayton ​Abigail Hayes	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

​Professional Division:

1st Place ​	Ed Hemmelman Stu Hamblen Mike Collins	​Region 6	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda Tau Alpha Omicron ​​Zeta Sigma Alpha
​2nd Place ​	Richard Gillespie Greg Etter Hunter Rademan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
1st Place ​	Robert Duprey Terence Sweeney ​Chris Przemieniecki	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

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 CRIME SCENE  

​Lower Division:

1st Place	Avery Nix Avery Penn Juliana Sloan	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
2nd Place	Ashley Tinervia Maureen Farrell ​Alex Mooney	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
​3rd Place	Dylan Maier Samantha Deskiewicz ​Chanet Batista	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

​Upper Division:

​1st Place	Danielle Erwin Kayla Nemeth ​Colin Graham	Region 4​	​Psi Omega
​2nd Place	Destini Craven Vanessa Schenking ​Dayana Solano	Region 4	​Psi Omega
​3rd Place	Skylar Sublette Madison Gray ​Nicole Wilson	Region 5	Zeta Epsilon Nu

​Professional Division:

1st Place	Shawn Sherman Joe Schreiner ​Sam Peterson	​Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Danny Hayes Stephanie Huddle ​John Wilt	​Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho Kappa Omicron Rho ​Alpha Upsilon Lambda
3rd Place	Morgan Steele Ziwei Qi ​Laurelle Augustine	​Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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 Physical Agility

​Female - 25 and Under:

​Male - 25 and Under:

​1st Place	Riley Morrison	​Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron
​2nd Place	Emma Smailys	​Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place	Emily Scott	​Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

1st Place	Nicholas Syms	​Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​2nd Place	Wilson Harrow	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
​3rd Place	Justin Lucibello	​Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron

​Female 26 to 35:

​Male 26 to 35:

​1st Place	Ana Alonso	​Region 1	Sigma Pi
​2nd Place	Stephanie Arnold	​Region 1	Sigma Pi
3rd Place

1st Place	Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez	​Region 1	Sigma Pi
2nd Place
3rd Place

Female 36 and Over:

​Male 36 and Over:

​1st Place	Stephanie Huddle	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Ziwei Qi	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place

​1st Place	Shawn Sherman	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Danny Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place	Joseph Schreiner	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho

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2023 NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

​Lower Division:

​Upper Division:

1st Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Carly Sexson	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
​3rd Place	Olivia Hall	Region 4	Psi Omega

​1st Place	Zoe Buffington	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​2nd Place	Sadie Melendez	Region 1	Delta Psi Chi
3rd Place	Colin Graham	Region 4	Psi Omega

​Graduate Division:

1st Place	Abigail Hayes	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
​2nd Place	Taigan Rogers	Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta
3rd	Laurelle Augustine	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

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2023 student paper AWARDS

Lower Division:

Upper Division:

1st Place	Karen Thew	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Alexis White	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
3rd Place	Ashley Tinervia	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron

1st Place	Anthony Hayes	Region 3	Kappa Omicron Rho
2nd Place	Isla Meyer	Region 4	Sigma Tau Omicron
3rd Place	Zoe Buffington	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega

Graduate Division:

1st Place	Abigail Hayes	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
2nd Place	Laurelle Augustine	Region 3	Delta Tau Omega
3rd Place	Pricila Avila	​Region 3	Gamma Epsilon Delta

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Lip sync & talent show awards

Talent (individual):

1st Place	William Lovett	Region 5	Alpha Omega Rho
2nd Place	Julianna Stanley	Region 6	Tau Alpha Omicron
3rd Place	John Wilt	Region 4	Alpha Upsilon Lambda

talent (group):

1st Place	Beta Sigma Omega Lambda	​Region 6
2nd Place	Psi Omega	Region 4
3rd Place	Sigma Tau Omicron	Region 4

Lip sync:

1st Place	"KISS"	Sigma Tau Omicron	Region 4
2nd Place	"Decade Rock"	Delta Tau Omega	Region 3
3rd Place	"Dolly Parton"	​Tau Alpha Omicron	Region 6